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These prompts naturally differentiate your writing center. Each page has key vocabulary to support kinder, 1st and 2nd grade writers. These are a perfect addition to your work on writing center!

Drawing has many benefits, but when you combine directed drawing and writing together, you have a very engaging activity that targets core skills.

The first center I ever introduced to my students oh so many years ago was Sticker Story. This is not my original idea and I can't remember for the life of me where I first heard of it. But I do know that my students LOVE to do the Sticker Story literacy center. I love it too because it is so simple in terms of preparation. I'll share how I get it started, what students do and I've even got a free paper template so you can make your own literacy center activity too. How To Start a Sticker…

These sentence editing strips are perfect for early elementary students to work on capitalization and punctuation in a fun, hands on way!

Teaching writing using a workshop model made my instruction so much more meaningful! You can read about my typical day of writing by clicking HERE. Getting the writing workshop started at the beginning of the

Reading centers that are Year Long, Cheap, & Engaging for kindergarten, first, and second grade! Low prep, hands on ideas.

Do your students need some extra practice with reading and writing words with short a phonics patterns? These Short A Phonics Worksheets & Activities are perfect for your short a word work centers during literacy time.

Scaffolding beginning writers is so important when teaching students how to write cohesive paragraphs! Here are some tips!

*This post contains affiliate links. Read more about this in my full disclosure policy. Back in June, I posted an activity I did called Roll a Sentence. To start the year off with writing, I got a crazy idea and when I told ALuv about it, he begged me to hurry and make it for him. ... Read More about Roll a Silly Sentence (FREE Printable Included!)

Pinterest I love teaching. It’s the thing that I know I’m good at. The one thing I KNOW… I think I would say that I have a gift to form relationships. To think outside the box. To create engaging resources. And…. to ignite a passion for learning. I’ve taught for 14 years and, besides the […]